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Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

Written forms

Isamu can be written using different

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...

characters and can mean: *勇, "courage" or "bravery" *勲, "merit" *敢, "gallantry" *武, "war" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

People

Isamu Akasaki was a Japanese engineer and physicist, specializing in the field of semiconductor technology and Nobel Prize laureate, best known for inventing the bright gallium nitride (GaN) p-n junction blue LED in 1989 and subsequently the high-brightness G ...

(赤崎勇, 1929–2021), Japanese scientist *

Isamu Chō was an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army known for his support of ultranationalist politics and involvement in a number of attempted coup d'états in pre-World War II Japan. Biography Chō was a native of Fukuoka prefecture. He graduated ...

(長勇, 1895–1945), Japanese general *, Japanese racewalker * Isamu Imakake, director of Captain Tsubasa *, Japanese politician *, Japanese actor and film director *

Isamu Noguchi was an American artist, furniture designer and Landscape architecture, landscape architect whose career spanned six decades from the 1920s. Known for his sculpture and public artworks, Noguchi also designed stage sets for various Martha Grah ...

(野口勇, 1904–1988), Japanese-American artist and landscape architect *, Japanese skier *

Isamu Shibayama Isamu 'Art' Carlos Shibayama (イサムカルロス柴山, 1930 – July 31, 2018) was a Peru, Peruvian-United States, American civil rights activist who fought for the rights of Asian Latin American#Japan, Latin Americans of Japanese ancestry wh ...

(1930-2018), Peruvian-American civil rights activist * Isamu Sonoyama (園山勇, 1848–1921), Japanese politician *

Isamu Takeshita was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was also a diplomat whose accomplishments included helping end the Russo-Japanese War favorably for Japan and obtaining former German possessions in the Pacific for Japan following World War I. In ...

(1869–1949), Japanese Imperial Navy admiral *

Isamu Tanonaka was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Taitō, Tokyo. He was best known for voicing Medama Oyaji in nearly every adaptation of Shigeru Mizuki's '' GeGeGe no Kitarō'' made during his lifetime. Career During his life he had been a ...

(田の中勇, 1932–2010), Japanese voice actor *

Yoshii Isamu Count was a Japanese ''tanka'' poet and playwright active in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. Attracted to European romanticism in his youth, his later works were more subdued. Early life Yoshii Isamu was born in the elite Takanawa district Tok ...

(吉井勇, 1886–1960), Japanese poet and playwright *Isamu Yamada or

Knock Yokoyama was a Japanese politician and comedian. Born Isamu Yamada (山田勇 ''Yamada Isamu'') in Asahikawa (Hokkaido), he adopted his current stage name while directing the ''Manga Trio'' manzai troupe from 1959 to 1968. Following his comedy years, he ...

(山田勇, 1932–2007), Japanese comedian and politician *

Isamu Sonoda is a Japanese retired Olympic champion judoka who competed in the Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg, middleweight division (80 kg) at the Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976 Summer Olympics. Biography Sonoda was born in ...

(born 1946), retired judoka who competed in the middleweight (-80 kg) division *

Isamu Yamamoto Isamu Yamamoto (''Yamamoto Isamu'' ) is a Japanese world Freestyle skateboarding champion. At age fourteen, Yamamoto took first place at the World Freestyle Round-Up Skateboarding Championships in British Columbia, Canada. He was the first pers ...

(山本勇, born 2003), Japanese freestyle skateboarder

Fictional characters

*Isamu Nakane, a character in ''

Obasan ''Obasan'' is a novel by Japanese-Canadian author Joy Kogawa. First published by Lester and Orpen Dennys in 1981, it chronicles Canada's internment and persecution of its citizens of Japanese descent during the Second World War from the pers ...

'' *

Isamu Alva Dyson The following is a list of all the fictional characters within the ''Macross'' anime franchise. ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' Humans * Hikaru Ichijyo ( Arihiro Hase and Kenji Nojima/Vic Mignogna)The Super Dimension Fortress Mac ...

, a character in ''Macross'' anime *

Isamu Ozu is a masculine Japanese given name. Written forms Isamu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *勇, "courage" or "bravery" *勲, "merit" *敢, "gallantry" *武, "war" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakan ...

, a character in tokusatsu show ''

Mahou Sentai Magiranger Mahou or is the Japanese word for " magic", "sorcery" or "witchcraft". Mahou may also refer to: *Magical Company, also known as Mahou or Mahō, a Japanese video game developer and publisher *Mahou, Mali, a commune and village *Mahou language, a ...

'' *Isamu Nitta, a character in '' Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne'' video game *Doll Isamu, a character in ''

Super Doll Licca-chan is a Japanese anime television series based on the Licca-chan fashion doll, which ran on TV Tokyo in 1998–1999. Kodansha also serialized a manga based on the anime series in its monthly manga magazine ''Nakayoshi''. The story follows an o ...

'' *Isamu Akai, a character from the Pocket Monsters manga *Isamu Kurogane, a character from the

Beast King GoLion is a Japanese super mecha anime television series. The animation from ''GoLion'' was edited and trimmed to create the version of the American series '' Voltron: Defender of the Universe'', with new names and dialogue. In 2008, ''GoLion'' was ...

series *, a character from

The Kindaichi Case Files is a Japanese detective fiction, mystery manga series about the crime solving adventures of a high school student, Hajime Kindaichi, the supposed grandson of the famous (fictional) private detective Kosuke Kindaichi. Written b ...

*Abe Isamu, a character in

Into the Breach ''Into the Breach'' is a turn-based strategy video game developed and published by indie studio Subset Games, consisting of Jay Ma and Matthew Davis. ''Into the Breach'' is their second game, following '' FTL: Faster Than Light''. It features ...

* Isamu, a ninja in the

Heroscape ''Heroscape'' (stylized as "heroScape" or "HeroScape") is an expandable turn-based miniature wargaming system originally manufactured by Hasbro subsidiaries from 2004 until its discontinuation in November 2010. Geared towards younger players, t ...

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